Scientific Name: Stenanthera pinifolia

Common Name: pine heath

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Ericaceae

Form Description: Small, stiff shrub. Branches erect or ascending, with many needle-like leaves.

Height (m): 0.2 – 0.6

Flowers: Long yellow tubular bells, 15-18mm long constricted at the throat.

Fruit: Seed enclosed in hard, woody, oval-spherical drupe, 10-15mm long, covered with a fleshy layer.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsClarenceDorsetGlamorgan-Spring BayKingboroughNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsTasmanWest Coast
Plant Communities
Coastal Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Coastal heaths. Also inland in north, east and south.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Exposed, Moist, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Notes

Difficult to propagate due to a complex dormancy. All treatments unsuccessful. Store in dark for 3 months. Gently cracking seed case and sowing in soil collected from under parent plant may improve results. Seed collected from emu droppings is also said to germinate.

Cutting & Division Information

Usually grown by cuttings with heat and mist; firm young growth gives best results.